Plant strategies

Plant strategies include mechanisms and responses plants use to reproduce, defend, survive, and compete on the landscape. The term “plant strategy” has existed in the literature since at least 1965,[1] however multiple definitions exist. Strategies have been classified as adaptive strategies (through a change in the genotype),[1][2] reproductive strategies,[3] resource allocation strategies,[4][5][6] ecological strategies,[7] and functional trait based strategies,[6][8] to name a few. While numerous strategies exist, one underlying theme is constant: plants must make trade-offs when responding to their environment. These trade-offs and responses lay the groundwork for classifying the strategies that emerge.

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  8. ^ Adler, P.B.; Salguero-Gomez, R.; Compagnoni, A.; Hsu, J.; Ray-Mukherjee, J.; Mbeau-Ache, C.; Franco, M. (2014). "Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111 (2): 740–745. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111..740A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1315179111. PMC 3896207. PMID 24379395.